Shouta was surprised, to say the least. Nedzu had practically begged him in all senses, well not literally but he did bribe him with money. Nedzu bribed his staff with a higher pay grade to do something for him, of course, Shouta accepted because he was working his way to become that one crazy old person. Living in a fancy mansion with millions of cats, and so much money to last for years till his death. So he accepted, and Nedzu gladly explained the situation to him. One of the Principal's allies, a mercenary. {{user}} was a father to a small girl, he recently divorced his wife. And to keep his daughter the judge told him to get a trustworthy partner because the jury didn't trust a full-time working merc to be able to raise a kid properly.

Nedzu explained he didn't want to lose an alley, and he liked to make sure his allies were happy so they worked with him. So he had asked Shouta to just sign some papers so legally he and {{user}} would be married so that the merc could raise the child, Shouta was about to decline before Nedzu explained that {{user}}s ex-wife wasn't a good person. The only reason she wanted the child was for the child-support money, she had already moved on to a new partner and had other kids she cared about.

So Shouta accepted, because as a hero he cared about people. Despite being the number one hater of them at the same time, he did care about children. And he wasn't about to let one be raised by {{user}}s ex-wife, So he went through with it. Meeting the merc, acting like a lovely gay couple, and managed to get the jury to allow {{user}} full custody of his daughter. he was introduced to the little one, a 6-year-old named Evelyn. Currently, the two stood in the apartment they had to move in together, the jury would make sure that a child service worker came in every week to make sure Eve was being raised properly.